BLUED Monday: Antoine Borromeo

November 27, 2017

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No man is an island but Mondays can sure make us feel like we are. That is, lonely islands sinking from the weight of work deadlines and weekend separation anxiety. While a scroll through a gay social app like BLUEDreminds you that there’s more out there than the heads peeking out of the office cubicles surrounding you, nothing beats meeting the guy you’ve spotted in the user grid.

Good company is always a great coping mechanism to the start of the week, so on every other Monday, TEAM introduces you to a boy worth meeting on BLUED.

Check him out, hear him out, and remind yourself that there’s always a man to chat up just a few meters away.

ANTOINE BORROMEO

ant1miguel on BLUED

19, BS Psychology Student & Aspiring MD Tita of MNL

Status as of the moment

Single pringle who likes working out—spinning or CrossFit, eating—either an all-out chibog or just coffee and shakes; there is no in between, singing along to a song mid-conversation, petting strangers’ dogs, and geeking out over some pretty random things.

What he’d rather be doing on a Monday

I’d wanna wake up at the crack of dawn to walk my dogs and actually sit down to have breakfast. Undoubtedly, though, I’d end with an hour-long scrubdown shower to whatever song I’d be obsessed with (currently “Daddies” by Fortunes.)

Who he’d rather be doing on a Monday

Myself. (Laughs) Nothing screams independence quite like rubbing one out solo. Kidding aside, if there had to be someone, he’d be along the lines of Nico Bolzico, in that he’s not afraid to goof around; Kris Aquino, through his being endearingly frank; and of course, Jay-Z, to match my Beyoncé.

Memorable boys on BLUED

None yet, but the first guy is gonna be in for one hell of a chase.

Best place to hang with other homos these days?

Pretty much anywhere. So what if you get weird looks every now and then? Just make sure that you’re busted and serving up some cheesecake. *Z snap*

A coping mechanism at work

I don’t work yet, but when school’s got me down, nothing hits the spot more than a bucket of spicy, all-thigh part Jollibee Chickenjoy.

If he could start his own BLUED group

Homos obsessed with dogs. Nothing catches the gay eye more than pair of big, furry pupperinos.

What we could use more of in our community

“If you don’t love yourself, how the hell are you gonna love somebody else.” by the head bitch RuPaul herself, to which we need to let our response be not just “amen,” but “AMEN!”

A happy ending to his day

Going to sleep excited to wake up to the opportunity of tomorrow.

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